Carmela Cattuti received her art education by working with individual artists and travelling extensively in western Europe. She has worked with Carmella Yager at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for the past four years. Carmela began painting in 1980 and has had numerous solo and juried group exhibits. Her painting Winter in Boston was chosen for the Arts Around Boston Exhibit at the Charlestown Navy Yard. She has work in Palmer & Dodge collection and has created commissions for numerous homes throughout the Boston area. Carmela received her BA in European History from City College New York and her MA from Boston College in English Literature where she graduated cum laude. She is an established yoga instructor and avid yoga practitioner. She completed the first novel entitled The Figure Eight in 1987.

Carmela's most recent exhibits have been at the Italian Cultural Center, Worcester MA. In July she will be showing her new collection at the Holyoke Center Exhibition Space in Harvard MA.